AMERICAN MUT. LIAB. INS. v. ZION & KLEIN


339 Pa.Super. 475 (1985)

489 A.2d 259

AMERICAN MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. ZION & KLEIN, P.A., and the Fidelity Bank, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Slota, Bryn Mawr, for appellant.

Michael G. Trachtman, Norristown, for appellees.

Before WIEAND, OLSZEWSKI and POPOVICH, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

This is an appeal by a judgment creditor from an order awarding counsel fees to a garnishee who was required to defend an attachment execution which, the court found, had been pursued in a vexatious manner. We conclude that counsel fees were properly awarded and, therefore, affirm.

The Judicial Code, at 42 Pa.C.S. § 2503, provides that certain litigants shall be entitled to reasonable counsel fees as part of taxable costs. Included is ...

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